Mary Louise Lyle Wright,

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Premer (born 1923 in

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; died December 15, 2004) was an American

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

and official. Wright was the 1941

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champion in

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. After retiring from competition, she served as a figure skating judge for many years. She was the daughter of Frederic and Marie Premer and was married to Benjamin T. Wright, a former U.S. Figure Skating president. She died in December 2004 due to cancer.

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